Apple is calling the 3 million iPad sales a launch weekend record and points out that it is double the previous first weekend milestone of 1.5 million WiFi-only models sold for the third-generation iPad back in March 2012. In total, the then-new iPad went over the counter 3 million times in the days after its March launch, as the company also announced in a press release.

The WiFi + cellular versions of both the iPad mini and the latest iPad are projected to start shipping to US customers in “a few weeks” and in “many more countries” later this year, Apple says.

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